Morpheme
-ent
Type
suffix
Denotation
(1) adjective suffix denoting “having the quality of; doing, being, or characterized by”; (2) agent suffix
Etymology
French -ent; Latin -entem, from -ēns
Evidence
abhorrent, agent, audient, bioluminescent, coherent, constituent, convergent, current, dependent, deterrent, different, effluent, eloquent, emergent, -escent, flatulent, luminescent, orient, persistent, prescient, propellent, provident, pustulent, recurrent, repellent, resplendent, reverent, solvent, student, subservient, suffragent, transcendent, turbulence, urgent, valent, Valentina, Valentine, Valentini, Valentino, Valentinus, virulent
Notes
historically dependent on the Latin stem word vowel (-ere, -ire)
See Also
-ence, -ens, -entes, -ente, -enti, -enzo, -enza, -ant, -ante, -ance, -anza
